An Elon University poll finds GOP Sen. Richard Burr with crappy re-elects (19-42)

[ccharles000]

With just over a year to go before the 2010 midterm elections, 19 percent of North Carolina residents believe Sen. Richard Burr deserves another term in office, while more than double that amount – 42 percent – feel it’s time for a new person to have a chance, according to the latest Elon University Poll.

Twenty-nine percent of respondents said they “don’t know” if he deserves re-election.

The poll, conducted Oct. 26-29, surveyed 703 North Carolina residents and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.8 percentage points. The sample is of the population in general, with numbers that include both landlines and cellular phones.

Burr’s approval rating stands at 37 percent, the poll found, while 22 percent of respondents disapprove of the way he is handling his job. Forty-one percent don’t know how they feel on his job performance.

The Republican from Winston-Salem was first elected to the Senate in 2004 to fill a seat vacated by Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards.

http://www.elon.edu/e-web/elonpoll/103009.xhtml

[taterguy]

1. Burr sits on the Senate Seat of the Doomed

Last person to get re-elected to that seat was Sam Ervin back in 1968.

I suspect that's a record but I'm too damn lazy to look it up and find out for sure.

[Alexander]

2. So who is running against Burr who could beat him?

Last I checked, Burr lost to "Generic Democrat" in polls, but won against actual candidates.

[ccharles000]

3. I think Elaine Marshall has a shot.

I also like Cal Cunningham.

[LiberalFighter]

4. Then have someone run on the Generic Democratic ticket.

[Alexander]

5. If only.